More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more

Deja vu, 1858-1961 -- Riding the tiger, 1961-1963 -- Hell come to earth, January 1964-December 1965 -- Resolve, January 1966-June 1967 -- This is what we do, July-December, 1967 -- Things fall apart, January-July 1968 -- The veneer of civilization, June 1968-March 1969 -- The history of the world, April 1969 -- A disrespectful loyalty, May 1970-March 1973 -- The weight of memory, March 1973-onward